Fifth Generation

100. Meta Helena WILDE was born on 19 August 1908 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{54,84,152,359} She was baptized on 13 September 1908 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁵⁹ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶² Meta appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁹ She was confirmed in 1922 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁶⁰ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴³ Meta appeared in the census in 1940 in Glendale Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹⁰ She died on 17 December 1989 at the age of 81 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.⁵⁴ She was buried on 20 December 1989 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.⁵⁴ in the Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens in South Beloit

Meta Helena WILDE and Hugh Phillip PURDY (~) were married on 4 May 1927 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^54,361 Hugh Phillip PURDY (~), son of Fredrick Elmer PURDY and Ada Alma GREENO, was born on 21 January 1903 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.^{18,54,152,350,351,362,363} in Union Valley.

(This is a picture of Hugh, his wife Meta, and her parents.) He appeared in the census in 1910 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶² He appeared in the census in 1920 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁹ Hugh graduated in 1924 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁶⁴ from Tomah High School. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴³ He was baptized on 23 July 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁶² Hugh died on 24 March 1997 at the age of 94 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.^54,351 He was buried on 27 March 1997 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.⁵⁴ in the Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens. This is a picture of Hugh and Meta's family: Back row, left to right: Hugh, Meta, and Otho; Front row: Bernard, Karen, Darrell, Marceida, and Ortwin.

Meta Helena WILDE and Hugh Phillip PURDY (~) had the following children:

249	i.	Marceida Mary Lou PURDY (~) was born on 13 May 1928 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^{84,152,351,365} She was baptized on 16 June 1928 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁶⁵ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴³ Marceida died before February 2017 at the age of 88.¹¹³
+250	ii.	Otho Hugh PURDY (~).
+251	iii.	Bernard Lee PURDY (~).
+252	iv.	Ortwin Laverne PURDY (~).
+253	v.	Darrel Phillip PURDY (~).
+254	vi.	Karen Irene PURDY (~).